A local woman says there's a pothole problem in Jacksonville that NEEDS to be fixed. 3 57:39 "if the hole hadn't been there, I wouldn't be where I'm at right now." Good evening everyone. Lori Lloyd says she's still recovering from injuries from a motorcycle accident caused by a pothole. She's now filed a formal complaint against the city -- for almost 200-thousand-dollars. She spoke to Channel 4's Vic Micolucci about why things need to change. 3 00-0618-2323-271:24-1:292'02- 2'072:25-2:35 52:53 "we were driving down Wilson Blvd about 30 miles an hour, and we hit this dip or pothole and it ejected me straight up in the air off the motorcycle, and I rolled in the center lane." Lori Lloyd says the crash was bad...53:16 "it broke my shoulder, two fingers, two ribs, I still have a large contusion on my left thigh." And the effects are even worse...she's self-employed, so all the hospital and rehab bills come out of her pocket...and she says she's lost work...53:57 "I clean houses and I've had to scale back on the customers because there are certain jobs I can't perform anymore. I had another part time job that I was doing that I can no longer do." Lloyd has hired a lawyer and is filing a claim with the city of Jacksonville...asking for 195-thousand dollars to cover medical bills and lost work.04:27 "ms. Lloyd's case has a value close to 750-thousand-dollars, unfortunately because of the laws that were written, the most she could ever recover, even if the jury came back and gave her a huge verdict, the most she could ever recover from the city is 200- thousand." Attorney Arthur Hernandez says Lloyd's not alone in complaining about dangerous conditions on Jacksonville's roads...he says there are a number of potholes throughout the city, that haven't been fixed...03:07 "While I can sympathize with the city for their financial problems, it doesn't resolve them of their obligation to do the right thing." He says this one in Riverside has been there for almost a year... And someone even posted a sign on it showing the disgust that the city is pouring money into Everbank Field improvements...a nd NOT simple road projects. Lloyd says she's not trying to take money from taxpayers, but...57:39 "if the hole hadn't been there, I wouldn't be where I'm at right now." A spokesman for the city says it doesn't comment on open cases...and this one is under investigation. But he says in general, fixing the roads is a top priority and when a complaint is made, they

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